Amasa vs Gaastra

A side-by-side comparison of Amasa and Gaastra: population, income, housing, and more.

Amasa and Gaastra are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gaastra has the higher population (324 vs 262 in Amasa). Gaastra has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $35,536 in Amasa). Gaastra has the higher median home value ($61,000 vs $56,900 in Amasa).

Population, income & housing

	Amasa	Gaastra
Population	262	324
Median age	67.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$57,500
Median home value	$56,900	$61,000
Median gross rent	$333	—
Housing units	201	160
Homeownership rate	92.4%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amasa	Gaastra
Population	200 → 262 (+31.0%)	323 → 324 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$25,795 → $35,536 (+37.8%)	$39,583 → $57,500 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $56,900 (+0.5%)	$49,000 → $61,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $333 (-21.6%)	$950 → $1,125 (+18.4%)

Amasa

Population

200262

Median household income

$25,795$35,536

Median home value

$56,600$56,900

Median gross rent

$425$333

Gaastra

Population

323324

Median household income

$39,583$57,500

Median home value

$49,000$61,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amasa	Gaastra
Under 5	3.1%	12.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	36.3%	9.6%
75 and over	15.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amasa	Gaastra
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amasa	Gaastra
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	56.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amasa	Gaastra
Drove alone	36.6%	91.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amasa	Gaastra
1-unit, detached	86.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Amasa	Gaastra
Poverty rate	19.6%	8.2%
Average household size	1.67	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1938	1944